http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org Program news, opportunities, and updates. To submit news to us, send it to mediahub@ssrc.org. daily 1 2007-04-06T17:58:59Z http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/ssrc-releases-report-on-barriers-to-broadband-adoption 2 March 2010, Washington, D.C. -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) unveiled the study findings of the SSRC in its report, Broadband Adoption in Low-Income Communities, at an event hosted by the American Library Association (ALA). No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program research 2010-03-09T20:06:26Z News Item http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/job-opening-metrics-engineer Like code and numbers? Creative Commons is working to make its websites more metrics-driven and data and reporting on CC adoption globally and within fields such as Open Educational Resources and Open Access publishing more available and regular. No publisher chung@ssrc.org employment 2010-03-09T19:58:42Z News Item http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/research-shows-that-civil-society-in-canada-supports-media-reform WACC Global and WACC North America team up with Simon Fraser University professor Robert Hackett and OpenMedia.ca to identify the building blocks for an emergent coalition aiming to democratize public communications in Canada. The collaboration was supported by a grant from the Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere Program of the SSRC. No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program research 2010-01-22T20:41:45Z News Item http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/digital-inclusion-working-both-sides-of-the-equation Recipients of an SSRC Large Grant for collaborative action research in East Oakland, CA report on the creation of a new multi-media lab and wireless mesh network. Media Alliance and Dorothy Kidd address the ways in which effective collaborations can be formed between policy advocates and grassroots activists. No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program research 2009-12-11T21:32:51Z News Item http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/ssrc-essay-forum-transformations-of-the-public-sphere Accompanied by a mapping project called the Public Sphere Guide, a new essay forum hosted by the SSRC provides a platform for discussions around current and emerging projects on the public sphere, serving as a gateway to ongoing conversations around sub-themes of media reform, academia and public policy, religion, the privatization of risk and the public good. No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program research 2009-08-07T17:34:53Z News Item http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/beyond-television-the-digital-transition-of-public-access Martha Fuentes-Bautista and channelAustin introduce new metrics for measuring the opportunities and demands faced by community access organizations in the transition to digital scenarios. Taking the case of channelAustin, the study highlights the diverse communities and needs served, providing action items for local decision-makers, strategic planners, and the access community at large. No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program research 2009-06-25T18:16:26Z News Item http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/new-study-confirms-cross-ownership-leads-to-less-local-content Danilo Yanich, at the University of Delaware, examines a key FCC study on the effects of cross-ownership on local news content in television markets. Yanich finds serious problems with the 2007 study, and with the changes in ownership policies that followed. The project was supported by a grant from the SSRC and conducted in cooperation with the Consumer Federation of America and Free Press. No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program research 2009-06-19T19:51:16Z News Item http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/future-of-music-coalition-releases-study-on-independent-music-airplay April 29, 2009, Washington, D.C. -- Artist education, research and advocacy organization Future of Music Coalition (FMC) announces the release of a new report that analyzes radio playlists to determine whether the policy interventions resulting from 2003-2007 payola investigations have had any effect on the amount of independent music played on terrestrial radio. This project was supported by a Large Collaborative Grant from the SSRC. No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program research 2009-07-27T18:50:14Z News Item http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/allied-media-conference-call-for-proposals Allied Media Projects invites proposals for workshops, panel discussions, film presentations, and caucuses for their 11th annual Conference, to be held July 16-19th in Detroit, MI. The AMC Conference is preceded this year by a Summit of Women's Social Justice Media Organizations organized by the Women's Media Equity Collaborative (MEC), supported by a Large Collaborative Grant from the SSRC. No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program events 2009-09-29T20:31:13Z News Item http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/ssrc-awards-13-grants-to-to-improve-public-knowledge-on-islam-and-muslim-communities Thirteen centers on university campuses have received grants ranging from approximately $35,000 to $100,000 for projects that will help revitalize the public mission of universities by addressing topics of critical importance to ongoing national debates. The grants support journalism projects or other channels for the distribution of high-quality expert knowledge to impact policy and public discourse. No publisher minna.aslama@helsinki.fi 2009-04-07T21:24:00Z News Item http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/process-is-powerful-a-practical-guide-for-media-activists The Center for International Media Action (CIMA) draws on five years of alliance-building experience to produce an open source guide for practitioners working toward systemic, progressive media change. With a focus on planning and evaluation strategies, the guide draws from several case studies, including CIMA's work with the 'Necessary Knowledge' Collaborative Grants program at the SSRC. No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program 2009-02-11T16:14:56Z News Item http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/ground-breaking-study-on-hate-speech-to-be-revealed January 22, 2009 – The National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), one of the country’s foremost Latino media advocacy and civil rights organizations, announces an upcoming press conference, January 28th at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to discuss the role of media in hate speech and hate crimes. This research is supported by a Large Collaborative Grant from the Social Science Research Council. No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program research 2009-01-29T02:21:34Z News Item http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/call-for-proposals-the-vai-ssrc-new-york-prize-fellowship-in-information-and-communication The Van Alen Institute and the Social Science Research Council welcome proposals from researchers, designers, and architects investigating the spatial conditions and implications of contemporary intellectual property regimes, in recognition of their role in reorganizing basic social understandings of public and private, licit and illicit, freedom and constraint. No publisher karaganis@ssrc.org 2009-01-13T19:47:00Z News Item http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/new-publication-on-obama-era-policy-agenda This new volume is the culmination of the the Future of American Communications (FACT) Working Group, composed of sixteen telecommunications scholars from eleven American universities. No publisher minna.aslama@helsinki.fi 2009-01-13T17:10:41Z News Item http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/six-steps-toward-a-stronger-more-transparent-more-accountable-fcc-in-the-obama-era Public policy should be made with robust, publicly-available data. Few would disagree. Yet in the last decade, federal policymaking in the communications arena has repeatedly failed to meet these two basic conditions: quality of data and access to data. No publisher karaganis@ssrc.org research 2010-02-04T20:01:23Z News Item